KOTTAYAM: Another accident happened near the Nagambadom Overbridge which is under construction at M C Road. A motorist was killed after he was fatally knocked down by a tipper lorry. The dead has been identified at Joby Joseph (40), a painting employee of Ettumanoor. The incident happened Thursday morning at 7.30 am.

Eyewitnesses said the accident happened when he tried to overtake the tipper near the divider before the overbridge. He lost control of his bike when the tipper hit his vehicle and he fell straight under the tipper. He died on the spot itself. The local residents and the police shifted the body to the hospital. The lorry and the driver have been taken into custody. He leaves behind his wife Seena and four-year-old son Gionne.